Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-06-22
UNIQUE AND ORIGINAL.
Tho Application for Work Submitted by
u Fresh California Youth. %

Tho Application for Work Submitted by
Fresh California Youth. %
As q specimen of tho extraordinary
correspondence which is sometimes laid
before the departments for examination,
the following from the Washington Critic,
notably original aud unique-origInal
where intolligible and unique where un-
Ineligible, and the unique predominates.
This letter was written by young Cali
fornian. who wants place in the Railway
Postal Service, to the Congressman Of his
district and by the latter laid before
Superintendent Nash:
DEAR SIR: Your correspondent IS q country
man and n semi-acquaintaaco OF yours-"serli"
because the acquaintance Is all on ole side
his. Honesty and modesty, indigenous quail
ties Of Sonoma-contemporarios of the vino
yards and redwoods-push him on to this
acknowledgment How like eithcr is
reciprocity in its ubiquityi In the lively
ante-election days our cnndidatorial
brother knows us; in the dull post-pollIng time
We know him. Mr.. -, do not know how
much of stranger am TO you, but am q poor
young devil seeking what may devour in the
way OF q job. So. with your permission, well
on to the animus OF this prolix epistle, all apol
ogies waving.
United States Railway Postal Servicef L am q
resident OF this place; have been employed in
the reporting and mailing departments OF sew
eral papers in this State; was for two years
captains clerk on board q South Atlantic coast
steamer: am fairly we'll educated; can decipher
any class OF pen-work, from the cuneiform on a
Baoylonish monolith to q Bodega granger S
cryptogramic communication in trdnsnu toward
his Frisco commission merchant. can speak
Spanish; enjoy excellent health; have o clear
conscience; am Democrat from keel to truck,
and q good Methodist, with lots OF treasure laid
up in Heaven, but none on earth, unfortunate
ly.
This, sir, is the sum total OF my claims N on
your kindness. / don't make a heavy case.
must admit, but the gods help them who help
themselves, and having done my best await
the labors OF the divinities and the coming OF
the inevitable. Mr.. -, don't consider me q
crank from the tone Of my talk. ] know you
arc like all representatives OF loving con.
stituency, bored continually with wants" so ]
tried to vary the style of the thing and IL pos
sible throw in little humor 70 mitigate your
misery while readings clownish sort OF
charity. In this community 1 am q quasi
comedian. microscopic Bill Nye, q rustic
devotee of Thalia, and like Lear, even in
seriousness, elemental or mental, tho fool
stays with me, The curtain is going down
on your present Congressional engagement, II
IL nott Oh! well, when we get the aaodus
operdndi OF the United States Senatorial bust
ness into our Immediate hands, and anti
millionaires become eligible to the National
togs- we may advance you from the House tc
| the Chamber. Hord Ju0h 1 have written
what thought would give you an idea OF your
correspondents abilities, and what I hoped
would appeal TO your good nature and innate
desire 70 lend hand 70 friend indeed
mean in need 20. K, anyhow, because
friend in need, Is q friend, iadeed'D So ap
point you chairman OF committee on my claims
and anxiously await your report Please le,
me hear from you or from this.
am your obedient servant, etn.